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When the Estonian government was hit with major, sustained denial-of-service attacks this spring, the headlines screamed that it was the first incident of modern cyber warfare.

The Federation for Identity and Cross-Credentialing Systems (FiXs) -- a little-known group of non-profits, government contractors, commercial entities, and government agencies -- has recently unveiled a first-of-its-kind global infrastructure to support distributed, integrated identity management and cross-credentialing across organizations. The implementation combines several existing security technologies along with a set of trusted models, policies, and operating rules to insure the accurate identity of personnel accessing physical sites or logical systems.

Short of strip searching employees every time they walk out the door, there's probably nothing Boeing could have done to prevent the alleged data theft that has a former employee facing criminal charges, security expert Bruce Schneier says.

Many companies are using standards and frameworks to deal with certain aspects of information security. These models can help protect systems and data, but each plays a very different role in an overall security plan.

The US Defense Information Systems Agency is aggressively enhancing its current end-to-end information transport system to support the Pentagon's controversial dreams of establishing its own Internet - a $US200 billion Global Information Grid.

What does it take to create a safe environment for employees? Experts and CSOs discuss how to head off a security department's worst nightmare.

From configuring the hardware to connecting all the stovepipes, security executives need to tune up both for light jabs and roundhouse rights. CSO talks defensive strategy with Bill Boni, CISO of Motorola, and Ira Winkler, chief security strategist for Hewlett-Packard.